- Date Of Birth: September 21, 1933
- Date Of Death: January 16, 2019
- State: Florida
Robert Howard Whitcomb, also known to loved ones as Bud, Buddy, Bob his personal favorite “Uncle Bob”, is celebrating passage from a beautiful life on earth to a more beautiful life with our Holy Father. Among those reuniting with Bob in joyous celebration are his closest loved ones: his father and mother Lloyd and Ursula Perry Whitcomb, his first wife Joyce Aud Whitcomb, and his sister Rose Whitcomb Blair. Honored to remain behind to share the Grace, Love and Wisdom Bob has gifted us with are his wife, Edna Whitcomb, brother Claude Aud, son Ronald Whitcomb, daughter Karen Whitcomb Hoffmann, and seven grandchildren: Racheal Whitcomb Hatfield, Joshua Whitcomb, Hannah Whitcomb, Timothy Whitcomb, Daniel Whitocmb, Haley Hoffmann, and Elijah Whitcomb. Bob has also been blessed with nine great-grandchildren: Cayden Whitcomb, Paul Hatfield IV, Samuel Meeller, Jane Whitcomb, Atarah Sheehan, Molly Whitcomb, Malaciah Hatfield, and Patrick Whitcomb.
Beginning his life in Kingsville, Texas, September 21, 1933, Bud grew up tending the family farm in Premont, Texas with his sister Rose who was only a few years older, and exploring the wild woods of West Texas with friends. The Whitcomb family moved to Alice Texas when he was ten, where his brother, Claude, was born. Though Buddy spent most of his childhood on with cattle and chickens, his parents also owned a restaurant and grocery store in West Texas. Bud’s family later moved to a small town in the country near Pea Ridge, Arkansas and eventually settled in, and
the nearby town of Bentonville, where he played football and ran track before graduating from Bentonville High School.
Following high school at the start of the Korean War, Bob joined the U.S. Army, serving as a medic and ambulance driver in Germany and France. During his time overseas, Bob travelled much of Europe, including the United Kingdon, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and Switzerland.
